Getting to know Lucy

1. What is your full name?
-Lucy Anna Shepherd

2. Do you have a nickname that you prefer to go by?
-No, Lucy is fine.

3. What is your height in inches?
-72"-73"

4. What is your age in years?
-18

5. What time do you generally wake up on any given day?
- Normally I get up around 9, sometimes later but rarely earlier.

6. What is your favorite candy?
-The fruit Life Savers candies

7. What is your favorite snack food?
-At the moment, Sun Chips are my favorite

8. Who is your favorite musical artist/band?
-I don't have any one favorite because it changes so often. Lately I have been listening to a lot of music by Home Free and Pentatonix which are both a Capella groups.

9. Do you have any hobbies/things you like to do for fun?
-I love going out and taking pictures of things, finding a quite niche to read in, and driving my brother crazy. Well not really the last one, but I do enjoy hanging out with my family and friends.

10. What is your mathematical background? (Not limited to the list below…list other topics if needed)

Basic math
algebra1 
algebra2 
statistics
probability
trigonometry
Pre-calculus
calculus

11. What is your comfort level with any of the following calculus concepts?

Write one of the following next to each topic:

Very comfortable (V) comfortable (C) uncomfortable (U) extremely uncomfortable (E)

Curve sketching - C

Instantaneous rate of change - U

Derivatives (of constant, linear, polynomial, power, rational, exponential, trigonometric,

logarithmic functions) - E

Difference quotient - U

Limits - U

Continuity - U

Chain rule (an application of composition of functions) - C

Product and quotient rules for dervatives - U/E

Finding local and global maximums and minimums - U

Determining inflection points - E

Area under a curve - U

Anti-derivatives - E

Integration (of constant, linear, polynomial, power, rational, trigonometric, exponential, logarithmic

functions) - E

Integration by parts - E

Integration by substitution - E

12. The following are concepts from algebra and precalculus that students taking applied calculus
should be comfortable with.

What is your comfort level with any of the following algebraic and precalculus concepts? (please
note that weakness in any of these areas may make most aspects of this class more challenging
than others)

Write one of the following next to each topic:
Very comfortable (V) comfortable (C) uncomfortable (U) extremely uncomfortable (E)

Equations - V
Factoring - C
Adding/subtracting/multiplying/dividing fractions/rational expressions - V
Simplifying expressions - V
Simplifying rational expressions (fractions and fractional polynomials) - C
Operations on roots and fractional exponent expressions - C
Operations involving whole number exponent expressions - V
Finding common denominators - V
Inequalities - U
Functions - V
Absolute value - V
Linear functions - V
Systems of equations - V
Domain and range - V
Inverse functions - V
Transformations (shifting, scaling, stretching, etc) - V
Quadratic functions - V
Completing the square - C
Exponential functions - C
Logarithmic functions - C
Base e - C
Graphing (trigonometric, quadratic, linear, exponential, and logarithmic functions) - C
Trigonometric concepts - C

13. Have you taken American university’s math 160 (applied precalculus) class? If yes, was your
grade a “b” or better?
Yes and Yes

14. If you have not taken American university’s math 160 (applied precalculus) class, have you taken
a college level (not a college equivalent high school class) equivalent? If yes, was your grade a
“b” or better?

15. Which social media formats are you familiar with?

Texting 
facebook 
pinterest 
flickr 
wordpress
blogspot
tumblr 
twitter
google plus 
Instagram

16. Which social media formats do you use most frequently?
Texting 
facebook
pinterest
flickr
wordpress
blogspot
tumblr
twitter
google plus
Instagram

17. What is your major?
Accounting

18. Why are you taking this math class?
I am taking this class because I have too

19. Will you take other math classes in the future at American University or will this be your only math
class? If yes, which classes will you take?
Statistics

20. What do you hope to learn in this class?
Calculus...

21. Is there anything else you would like me to know about you?
I am the youngest in my immediate family.